Friday, June 20, 2008

Holding Steady

Greta's enjoying her stay at L'Hotel DeVos, this afternoon she's just starting the 3rd of 5 medications that she'll be receiving during this 4th round of chemo. She's tired, it's hard to relax and nap when you're not in your own bed. She's enjoying riding her IV pole around the hallways whenever someone's available to push her! We'll try and get a picture of that and post it here soon.

Greta's really got the routine down:

Step 1: She greets everyone with a cheerful, flirty "Hi!" when they come in, then
Step 2: Extends her arm for the blood-pressure cuff. Once that's done,
Step 3: She raises her index finger for the pulse-ox check, then
Step 4: Lifts her arm and points to her tiny armpit for the thermometer.

She entertains everyone, her smiles are infectious!

Her appetite is fine and she's in good humor for the most part, Kristi and Randy and other family members continue to rotate so she's always got someone with her, and Gavin gets to come and visit in the afternoons.

Still looking forward to (hopefully) getting her home Sunday evening.

Have a great weekend, friends. See you soon!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thank you for the constant updates. We are always checking on Greta's progress. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you.

Keith and Karen

Unknown said...

we are constantly following the updates on Greta's progress and you are all in our thoughts and prayers daily. We miss you at the cottage- it doesn't seem the same there on weekends without the gang at "happy Ours"
Love you all and can't wait to see you all again.
Love,
Heidi and Dave